Available light [theatre]

Sorry about the service interruption. Our hosting provider was migrating to new servers. Bad timing.

Thank you thank you and thank YOU.

A big thank you to everyone who came out to support our last couple of shows. We're going to take a little break from performing to plan next season's activities. In the meantime, don't forget about our reading series, which begins June 20. Check back here for more info later this week.

Also, if you're looking for a worthwhile way to spend your hours, try changing the world.

You can now make a tax-deductible donation to Available light.

Available light is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions in behalf of Available light may be made payable to Fractured Atlas and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.

Click here to make a donation online (online donations may not exceed $5000) or get instructions for sending a check.

Your support is greatly appreciated and we look forward to providing you with a fulfilling giving experience.

Starting NOW, you can head on over to our brand new online ticket window to purchase individual tickets to our forthcoming shows at a significant discount. The best deal though, is definitely our mini-Subscription deal, which gets you a full 50%-off the price of admission to all three of our upcoming shows. Wow, right?

There's also a great deal on group tickets for Tomorrow is the Question. Act now, these offers won't last forever, I promise.

We're holding auditions, yes we are.
We're casting for two shows (then | after | water and Tomorrow is the Question) that we'll be doing in the next 6 months. We're also trying to figure out who else is acting in Columbus right now. So, if you want to be seen and you're interested in working with us in the future, make it to one of these dates.

Friday 12/8 6-7:30pm
Saturday 12/9 11am-1:30pm
Sunday 12/10 6-7:30pm

You can call (614-975-3764) or email to set up a time, or just show-up and sign-up for a slot.

Auditions will be held at the King Ave. United Methodist Church - 299 King Ave., on the 3rd floor.

Bring 2 contrasting monologues. In case anyone shows up without monologues, cold readings will be provided. BUT, we do prefer to see something you've worked on.

For more information:
614-975-3764
slay@avltheatre.info
avltheatre.com

Buy our stuff. Please.

We now have a CafePress store, and there are many nice t-shirts. I particularly recommend the fitted t-shirts. They're made by American Apparel and are therefore sweatshop-free.

Wearing an Avilable light t-shirt is a great way to look good, help get the word out, and let the world know that you stand for progress.

Here's picture of the cool black t with the Al[t] logo.

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And, PS, thanks for your support.

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I want to send a lot of love and many thanx to those of you who responded to our first Al[t] email announcement with such enthusiasm and caring and support. You know who you are.

I was extrememly nervous about sending that email, and it meant the world to me to get that kind of response. Thank you so much. We couldn't do this without you.

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I'd like to start with this quotation from Ian W. Hill's Collisionworks blog. It comes from the midst of a discussion about the director's role in realtion to the playwright and the text.

In the end, the text, to me, is a chair. I've been given a drawing of a chair and told to make it real. The rules in making this chair real are:

A. The chair must function (people should be able to sit in it without it falling apart)
B. The chair should be comfortable (it should not be unpleasant to sit in)
C. It would be nice if the chair looked good and was well designed aethestically.

The most beautifully designed chair in the world is still a BAD CHAIR if you can't sit in it without it falling apart.

Okay, here's what we're onto now. We go back into rehearsal tonight for Poetry. We've also been busy putting together a smallish workshop of Jenn Fawcett's still-untitled play (which used to be called The Hurricane Project and needs a new title for obvious reasons). Hopefully, we'll end up with two small, public readings of the play, with time for extensive talkbacks afterwards. The next step after that will be to schedule our production of the piece. (Well, not the NEXT step, but one of the next few.)

We're getting together a great group of actors for the readings. If you're reading this, you'll probably be invivted to see these "performances" and discuss the play with us, so watch this space for more info.

I've been thinking a lot about the immigration issues that have, for the moment, captured the nation's attention. Today is "A Day Without Immigrants." I was really excited, and it sounds like there are probably some great things going on in Chicago, NYC, L.A., Miami, and other bigger cities. I know that a couple of big events in Columbus were cancelled, and that's disappointing. Anyway ... it's an issue I've had on my mind for awhile, and I've spent a lot of time reading, and thinking about how to deal with it in a theatrical context. It'd be hard and scary and would require a lot of new skills. So, it's probably a really good idea. But, I haven't quite figured it out yet. I'm going to keep trying, though. Hopefully you'll be hearing more about this in the future.

We're up and running, eh? Excellent.

This is the blog part of the Available light [theatre] site. One of my goals is to open up the figurative doors of the theatre to the audience/community, to allow for greater participation in all aspects of the process. Hopefully, someone will get something valuable and/or useful out of this. If nothing else, maybe we can build some solidarity.

At any rate. There's more work to be done around here. Stay tuned.